Rejected petition Make "English" as a Passport nationality for English born persons

People born in Wales have "Welsh" as their nationality, people born in Scotland have "Scottish" as their nationality, people born in Ireland have "Irish" as their nationality. Currently, people born in England are automatically classified as "British" - this is wrong and should be "English".

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

British citizens from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all have British passports and are described in those passports as British citizens. It is therefore not clear what you would like to change.

Citizens of the Republic of Ireland have Irish passports because it is a separate sovereign state.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 26 June 2016
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